Syllable Counting Quiz for Kindergarten with Answers

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🗣️ A syllable is a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.
• 🖐️ You can often count syllables by clapping along as you say the word. Each clap represents one syllable!
• 👀 Look for vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u) in a word. Usually, each vowel sound indicates a syllable.
• ✏️ Compound words (like 'sunflower') are often easy to break into syllables ('sun' + 'flow' + 'er').
• 💡 Some tricky words might have silent vowels or vowel combinations that make one sound (e.g., 'boat' has one syllable).

📝 Practice Quiz

1. What word has only one syllable?
   1. Banana
   2. Cat
   3. Computer
2. Which word has two syllables?
   1. Elephant
   2. Window
   3. Strawberry
3. How many syllables are in the word 'butterfly'?
   1. One
   2. Two
   3. Three
4. Which of these words has three syllables?
   1. Dog
   2. Pencil
   3. Family
5. How many syllables does 'dinosaur' have?
   1. Two
   2. Three
   3. Four
6. Which word has only one syllable?
   1. Table
   2. Ball
   3. Water
7. How many syllables are in the word 'telephone'?
   1. Two
   2. Three
   3. Four